Exodus 12:50
in Exodus 12Then all the Israelites did this—they did just as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Thus did all the children of Israel; as Jehovah commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
KJV
Thus did all the children of Israel; as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
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This verse in Exodus 12
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThe record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
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Thus did all the children of Israel,....
How the passage was read
On Exodus 12:1-51On Exodus 12:1-51
The night Israel still keeps
This chapter founds Passover, in Hebrew Pesach, the spring feast that remembers the night God struck Egypt's firstborn and passed over the blood-marked houses. Jewish families keep it to this day with a ceremonial meal called the seder (Hebrew for “order”): unleavened flatbread (matzah), bitter herbs, cups of wine, and the retelling of this chapter's story, with the children asking the questions.
Honesty about the timeline helps the reader: in the Bible's own period the center of the feast was the lamb, slain and eaten as this chapter commands. The seder as now practiced took its shape after the Temple fell in AD 70 and the lamb could no longer be offered; its oldest written outline is in the Mishnah, the first code of Jewish oral law (about AD 200), which already includes the four cups and the rule that “in every generation a person must see himself as if he personally came out of Egypt.”
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Sources: Mishnah Pesachim 10 (the seder's oldest outline) · Mishnah Pesachim 10:5 (“in every generation”) · The Feasts of the LORD (this site's study)
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֖וּ | vaiyaasu | and they did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| צִוָּ֧ה | tzivah | he had commanded | H6680 → | 494 times |
| יְהוָ֛ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֥ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| וְאֶֽת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אַהֲרֹ֖ן | ʾaharon | Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| כֵּ֥ן | ken | so | H3651 → | 771 times |
| עָשֽׂוּ׃ ס | ʾasu | they did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֖וּand they did
vaiyaasuH6213 →2628 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
בְּנֵ֣י[the] people of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
כַּאֲשֶׁ֨רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
צִוָּ֧הhe had commanded
tzivahH6680 →494 times
יְהוָ֛הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
מֹשֶׁ֥הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
וְאֶֽת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
אַהֲרֹ֖ןAaron
ʾaharonH175 →347 times
כֵּ֥ןso
kenH3651 →771 times
עָשֽׂוּ׃ סthey did
ʾasuH6213 →2628 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 12:32See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 4:2
You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you.
- Revelation 22:18–19
I testify to everyone who hears the words of prophecy in this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book.
- Deuteronomy 4:2
Through
John 15:14You are My friends if you do what I command you.
it leads to
- Matthew 12:50
For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”
- 1 John 5:3
For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,
- James 2:23
And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.
- John 14:21
Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
- Matthew 12:50
Through
Revelation 22:15But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
it leads to
- Revelation 21:8
But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This…
- Galatians 5:19–21
The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
- Revelation 21:8
Where this verse is studied
About Exodus
Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.